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Close and personal portrait of pensive gorilla wins 2022 African Wildlife Photography Awards

Nov 3, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic Leave a Comment

The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and Nature’s Best Photography (NBP) have announced the winners of the 2022 Benjamin Mkapa African Wildlife Photography Awards. This contest “Brings Africa to the World, and the World to Africa,” and it introduces us to diverse African wildlife through a series of stunning images.

This year’s competition attracted 9,500 entries from 57 countries including entrants from 16 African countries. The overall winner is Michelle Kranz, and her amazing portrait of an endangered mountain gorilla brought her a US$ 5,000 grand prize and a large specially-commissioned stone elephant sculpture. The contest also recognizes 13 category winners, each of whom received US$ 1,000 and a stone elephant sculpture.

Speaking of categories, they are as follows:

The contest aims not only to treat us with some amazing photos. Above all, it aims to engage and involve both Africans and visitors to aid conservation through visual storytelling. Benjamin Mkapa Awards are hence named in honor of the late, iconic African leader and former Tanzanian President, H.E. Benjamin Mkapa. He was dedicated to conservation education throughout Africa, and his impactful support of AWF programs was recognized across the continent.

In addition to the prizes, all winning and highly commended photos are displayed as stunning large-format prints and HD video at the Nairobi National Museum in Kenya through February 2023. The exhibition of 77 prints and 4 videos will travel to other museums and galleries in global locations. You can find out more about the contest here, and now, let’s take a look at the category winners.

Africa in Motion (video) winner: James Gifford

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Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: africa, Competition, contest, Gorillas, Photo Contest, photography competition, wildlife photo contest, wildlife photography

Dunja Djudjic is a writer and photographer from Novi Sad, Serbia. You can see her work on Flickr, Behance and her Facebook page.

John Aldred is based in Scotland and photographs people in the wild and animals in the studio. You can find out more about John on his website and follow his adventures on YouTube.

Dunja Djudjic is a writer and photographer from Novi Sad, Serbia. You can see her work on Flickr, Behance and her Facebook page.

Alex Baker is a commercial photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She mostly shoots people and loves anything to do with the outdoors. You can see her work on her website and follow her Spanish landscape adventures on instagram.

Dave Williams is a travel photographer and writer, and photography and Photoshop instructor, from the UK. Find Dave at idavewilliams.com or @idavewilliams on all platforms.

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